Church of St Lawrence, Mickleton explained

Church of St Lawrence
Denomination:Church of England
Diocese:Gloucester
Province:Canterbury
Heritage Designation:Grade I listed building
Designated Date:25 August 1960
Pushpin Map:Gloucestershire
Benefice:Vale and Cotswold Edge

The Anglican Church of St Lawrence at Mickleton in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.[1]

History

There is some evidence of a church in Mickleton by 960 but the current building was started in the 12th century.[2] The nave was extended in the 13th or 14th century and in the 14th century the tower was added.[1] A Victorian restoration was carried out by Frederick Preedy in 1868.[3]

The parish is part of the Vale and Cotswold Edge benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.[4]

Architecture

The stone building has a tiled roof.

The tower has eight bells the oldest of which date from 1668.[5] [6] An attempt has been made to date the bellframe using tree-ring analysis however this was inconclusive.[7] They were rehung in 1954 in an iron frame.[3]

A sundial over the door of the south porch with a Latin inscription. The organ dates from 1853 but the organ loft was added in 1931.[3]

The church contains a memorial to Utrecia Smith, the daughter of a curate of Mickleton whose father was also a schoolmaster. Utrecia had been the fiancée of the writer Richard Graves (who broke off their engagement); she died in 1744 aged 30.[8] There is also a memorial plaque to residents of the village who died in World War I.[9]

The pulpit is Jacobean and the font from the 15th century.[3] Most of the stained glass is from the 19th century.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church of St. Lawrence . National Heritage List for England . Historic England . 12 October 2020 . 12 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141155/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1088526 . live .
  2. Web site: St Lawrence’s Church - at the heart of Mickleton . Mickleton . 12 October 2020 . 15 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200115085921/http://www.mickleton.com/St_Lawrence_/st_lawrence_.html . live .
  3. Web site: St Lawrence's Church Mickleton . St James Church, Chipping Campden . 12 October 2020 . 9 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150709155233/http://www.stjameschurchcampden.co.uk/mickletonchurchhistory.htm . live .
  4. Web site: St Lawrence . A Church Near You . Church of England . 12 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Mickleton S Lawrence . Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers . 12 October 2020 . 12 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141156/https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?DoveID=MICKLETON . live .
  6. Web site: Mickleton, St Lawrence . Merrix.eu . 12 October 2020.
  7. Web site: Bridge . Martin . Tree-Ring analysis of timbers from the bellframe . English Heritage . 12 October 2020 . 2012 . 12 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141157/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/38428688/church-of-st-lawrence-church-lane-mickleton-english-heritage . live .
  8. Evans, Herbert A. (1927) Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds. London: Macmillan; p. 217
  9. Web site: Mickleton WW1 memorial Tablet . Imperial War Museum . 12 October 2020 . 4 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200804203110/https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21015 . live .
  10. Web site: Dawson . Fred . St. Lawrence's Church The Windows . Mickleton Community Archive . 12 October 2020.

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